Sanitary seat-cover.



H. F. W. MEYER.

SANITARY SEAT COVER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 13. 1913.

Patented Sept. 28, 1915.

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HENRY F. W. MEYER, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

SANITARY SEAT-COVER.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY F. W. MEYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented newand useful Improvements in Sanitary Seat-Covers, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to protecting devices for toilet seats; and ithas for its primary object the provision of a device of this characterwhich will forma sanitary covering for the seat when applied thereto andone which maybe folded on predetermined lines whereby it may be arrangedinitially to assume a comparatively compact package, and further onewherein the folds will serve under their expansive action or tendency toseparate fromone another to cause the protector to readily assume itsintended positionfor application tothe seat.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a protectingdevice of this character which may be constructed of destructible andsoluble material and treated to a suitable antiseptic solution.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, aswill be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view, showingthe protector applied to the seat; Fig. 2 is a perspective view, showingthe protector in a partly unfolded position so as to illustratedefinitely the different lines of fold; Fig. 3

is a similar view, showing the protector completely folded; and Fig. lis a view similar to Fig. 3, showing the folded protector arrangedwithin a suitable transparent con- 7 tainer.

.With a view of providing a protector which will be applicable to toiletseats or.

like places, one which will be soluble and having the requiredproperties topermit of its destruction after use and when dischargedinto the waste water, and further, one which employ a member 1 ofsuitable material,

such as paper that may be readily dissolved in water. The member is cutfrom a predetermined outline according to the design Specification ofLetters Patent.

'I'claimis: As a newi artlcle ofymaiiufacture, a cover Patented Sept.28, 1915.

I Application filed September 13, 1913. Serial No. 789,632.

of the seat to which it is to be applied and when completed it'isprovided with a central opening 2. The body of the material is scoredor. suitably formed on lines 3 whereby the portions 4 between said linesmay be folded against each other. These lines are formed around bothsides of the protector and around the end 5 while at the end 6 the bodyof the protector has formed thereon a line of fold? and a companion lineof fold 8, the latter being arranged in converging relation in thedirection of the opening 2 and disposed with such regard to the line offold 7 so that an intervening substantially key-stone portion 9. isformed between said lines 8. This construction is such that the part 9will form a housing or protector for the portions 4 when the latter arefolded along the lines 3 previously described. The lines 3 defining theportionstconverge in the direction of the opening 2 but to a lessdefolds, while serving to render the sides of the package compact to themaximum degree, are principally designed for the purpose of facilitatingthe application of the device to the seat. As vvthe folds around thesides and through the-end 5 oftheprotector are identical, it isobviously-understoodthat during the. operation ofu'nfolding the devicefor use, the variousportions 4; between the lines 3, will tend toseparate" from. each- 1 other, and, as a consequence, ithedewice as a?whole will ;quickly assume afflatand distend- '{ed condition, where itwill smiglyan'd .u'ni-' formly .restagainst' the seat;

Havingthus described my inventiomwhat for toilet seatscomprising a thin'sheet of paper of oval contour having an oblong central opening, thematerial being accordion folded around two sides and one end onpredetermined score lines, the opposite end of the material being foldedon In testimony whereof I 'aflix my signature predetermined score linesand forming a in presence of two witnesses. housing receiving said sidesand first end in folded position, the device being adapted to HENRY E 5assume a flat condition upon removal of Witnesses:

the said sides and end from within the JAMES A-.-KoEHL,

housing. BENNETT S. JONES. I

